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Get Ready for End of Year Giving
December 4, 2025As we approach the end of the year, consider a tax-wise way to support Westminster with a donation of appreciated securities. With year-end tax considerations, securities transfers can help you maintain your disciplined investment objectives with impact and tax advantages. If you itemize deductions and have held the asset for more than one year, talk to your tax professional. You may be able to skip the capital gains tax. Westminster receives the full market value, while you can deduct the fair market value on the date of donation – a very efficient way to support Westminster. Click here for more info
Plan Your Christmas Eve Schedule
Wednesday, December 24
We look forward to welcoming you and your household for this holiest day!
- 10 am Children & Family Christmas Eve Worship
Children’s Choir • In Person & Live Stream - 3 pm Contemporary Christmas Eve Worship
Worship Band • Leah Hrachovec preaching • In Person & Live Stream • Nursery (6 months – 4 years) - 5 pm Traditional Christmas Eve Worship
Youth Choir • Leah Hrachovec preaching • In Person & Live Stream • Nursery (6 months – 4 years) - 7 pm Traditional Christmas Eve Worship
Chancel Choir and Brass • Leah Hrachovec preaching • In Person & Live Stream • Nursery (6 months – 4 years) - 9 pm Traditional Christmas Eve Worship
Chancel Choir and Brass • Leah Hrachovec preaching • In Person only - 11 pm Lessons & Carols Worship
Communion • In Person Only
Order Your Poinsettia(s)
November 26, 2025You can help us adorn our sanctuary with poinsettia plants this Christmas. Order a poinsettia plant in memory of or in honor of a loved one or friend by contacting Barb Drain with your name and the dedication you would like listed in the bulletin. Cost is $10. Click here to order or make checks payable to Westminster Presbyterian Church (with poinsettia on memo line) and drop off in the church office by December 17. Session also encourages you to contribute to the Endowment Fund in memory or honor of a loved one or friend; names will also be listed.
Advent Preaching/Teaching Series: An Unlikely Advent
10:15 am Sundays, November 30-December 21 • Spellman Jr & Zoom
This Advent season, embark on a transformative journey with our preaching and Journey Class teaching series. We will dive into Rachel Billups’ book, An Unlikely Advent. From the start of Advent, join us every Sunday to explore the Christmas story through the eyes of unexpected characters. Discover how God worked in surprising ways then and continues to move in our lives today. Come deepen your faith and widen your perspective this Advent! All are welcome and bring a friend. Click here to attend via Zoom
Get Your Tickets for A Very Westminster Worship Collective Christmas Concert vol. 2 – Home
4:00 pm Saturday, December 6 • Sanctuary
Join the Westminster Worship Collective for a free festive concert of Christmas music exploring the theme “Home.” Selections will include both popular and sacred favorites as well as new songs for the season. Stick around afterwards for a reception with light holiday refreshments. Click here to get your free tickets.
Thank You Westminster: Emergency Food Collection!
The recent government shutdown and SNAP funding issues created a great need among our neighbors that struggle with food insecurity. Westminster showed its deep commitment to our community. In the last two weeks, Westminster donated 4,253 pounds of food and $5,460 in financial donations and gift cards! This incredibly generous amount will be split between Kennett Area Community Service (KACS) and the West Chester Food Cupboard (WCFC). Thank you for making a difference in providing our neighbors with the quality food choices they need and deserve especially during this holiday season. An additional shout out to our Boy Scout Troop 93 who collected an another 2,486 pounds of food for WCFC!
Advent Night: Fun, Fellowship & Dinner
5:00-6:30 pm Sunday, November 30 • Spellman Hall
Join us for an evening of fellowship, fun, and hope as we walk into the journey of Advent together. Click here to RSVP.
- 5:00-5:15pm: Gathering, Fellowship, & Table Activities
- 5:15-6:00 pm: Dinner
Suggested donation: $5/person; $10/family - 6:00-6:45 pm: Activities in Spellman Hall
- Make Family Promise & Alternative Christmas Market Ornaments
- Create a family Advent Devotional
- Create a family luminary bag for Christmas Eve
- Make Christmas cards from old cards
- Bring or make an ornament for the Christmas tree in Spellman Hall
- 6:45-7:00 pm: Closing Carol Sing
Light Advent Candles on Christmas Eve
One of our traditions is to have households light candles on the Advent wreath during worship and lead a responsive call to worship. This will occur each Sunday of Advent and on Christmas Eve. If you are interested in volunteering, please select the service in which you would like to participate and include the names of all participants where prompted so they can be included in the bulletin. Click here for more info or to sign up.
Volunteer this Advent/Christmas Season
The Advent & Christmas season are right around the corner and there are several opportunities for you to be part of the behind-the-scenes magic between November 23-December 24.
Opportunities include:
- Help decorate the church building for the season.
- Volunteer with a team for our wonderful Advent Night.
- Help stuff candles for Christmas Eve.
- Help illuminate our church entrance for Christmas Eve with luminaries.
For each opportunity, you will see the date and time frame as well as a brief description of the position. You are welcome to sign up for more than one slot! Make sure you make a selection for each person participating. Click here for more info or to sign up.
Return Donations for Our Emergency Food Drive by this Sunday
“For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat…” —Matthew 25:35
The recent government shutdown and SNAP disruptions left many households vulnerable. We’re continuing to provide support—please help us keep food on their tables. We challenge you to donate at least one bag of non-perishable food in November. Click here for a list of items and instructions. Financial gifts are welcome — checks written to Westminster (Emergency Food Drive in memo) or gift cards for Giant, ShopRite, and Wegmans. We will share all donations between The West Chester Food Cupboard and Kennett Area Community Service (KACS). Together, let’s love our neighbors and help ensure no family in our community goes hungry this season. Bags are available in the church office or in the Narthex on Sunday. Return items by November 23.